When is Azure norwaywest greenest?
Carbon-aware scheduling · updated 2026-09-04 17:50 UTC
The Azure norwaywest region runs in Stavanger, Norway, on the Norway electricity grid. educk forecasts when that grid is greenest — using day-ahead wind & solar and demand data from ENTSO-E — so you can schedule carbon-aware workloads (batch jobs, CI, model training, backups, data pipelines) for the cleanest hours.
- Wind and solar are forecast to cover about 5% of Norway's electricity demand around 18:00 UTC.
- Renewable output peaks around 21:45 UTC at roughly 7% of demand — the greenest time to use electricity today.
- The renewable share dips to about 0% around 22:00 UTC, when grid electricity is at its most carbon-intensive.
Hourly grid forecast for Azure norwaywest
| Time (UTC) | Renewable (MW) | Demand (MW) | Surplus (MW) | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 17:15 | 605 | 13275 | -12670 | 5% |
| Fri 17:30 | 618 | 13361 | -12744 | 5% |
| Fri 17:45 | 634 | 13259 | -12625 | 5% |
| Fri 18:00 | 648 | 13279 | -12631 | 5% |
| Fri 18:15 | 656 | 13296 | -12640 | 5% |
| Fri 18:30 | 659 | 13190 | -12531 | 5% |
| Fri 18:45 | 665 | 13176 | -12511 | 5% |
| Fri 19:00 | 671 | 13139 | -12468 | 5% |
| Fri 19:15 | 683 | 13089 | -12406 | 5% |
| Fri 19:30 | 695 | 13083 | -12388 | 5% |
| Fri 19:45 | 710 | 12923 | -12213 | 5% |
| Fri 20:00 | 752 | 12916 | -12164 | 6% |
| Fri 20:15 | 775 | 12825 | -12050 | 6% |
| Fri 20:30 | 798 | 12790 | -11992 | 6% |
| Fri 20:45 | 823 | 12720 | -11897 | 6% |
| Fri 21:00 | 858 | 12546 | -11688 | 7% |
| Fri 21:15 | 874 | 12479 | -11605 | 7% |
| Fri 21:30 | 889 | 12371 | -11482 | 7% |
| Fri 21:45 | 905 | 12299 | -11394 | 7% |
| Fri 22:00 | 0 | 12587 | -12587 | 0% |